All Class Reunion at Okada House (10/22/22)

UPDATE: Event photos are now posted!

Hello graduates of years ending in 2’s and 7’s:

This is one final reminder to sign up for the SAPAAC All Class Reunion Get Together October 22, 4 p.m.- 8 p.m. at Okada House. If you have already signed up, we’ll welcome you look forward to seeing you there!

SAPAAC 2022 Homecoming Get-Together Program

4:00 to 4:30        Check-in 

4:30 to 5:15 Introductions

• Recognition of working committee & supporters - Jay Wang 

• Welcoming remarks- Edith Wu, Okada Resident Fellow 

• Stanford Asian American Studies Endowment Initiative (SAASEI) introduction and update 

• Video - Asian Americans at Stanford 

Speakers for their decades 

• 1960s Nelson Nagai

• 1970s Mary Jane Chase & Marsha Fong

• 1980s Hope Nakamura

• 1990s Kevin Kim  

• 2000s Katie Lee Salisbury - SAPAAC board member

• 2010’s Cathy Zhao - SAPAAC board member 

SAPAAC updates – Risa Shimoda, SAPAAC board member

Closing remarks: Jay on how alumni can support API initiatives at Stanford 

5:15 to 5:45        Refreshments 

5:45 to 7:00        Mixer 

Thanks for being part of the SAPAAC Community: Go Cardinal!

Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don't Reach the Top (10/4/22)

Oct. 4, 12 noon ET, 9 AM PT:

The Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab invites you to join us at 9:00AM PT on October 4th for a 90-minute webinar focused on Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder. We will kick-off the session with Professor Margaret M. Chin, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College/City University of New York (CUNY) and CUNY Graduate Center, presenting findings from her book entitled Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don’t Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder. In her book she examines how Asian Americans poised for career success often encounter the "bamboo ceiling" in Corporate America, due to racial and gender bias and stereotyping. After Chin’s presentation, she will engage in a fireside chat with Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab Co-founder Lori Nishiura Mackenzie to discuss what is needed to drive change forward. The session will conclude with Lab Research Associate Melissa Abad in conversation with industry leaders to discuss the organizational and individual strategies needed to unravel the structural inequalities faced by Asian Americans in the workplace.

Details and Registration here .

Welcome, New A3C Director, Linda Tran

Sep. 12, 2022: Stanford University announced the new Scott J. J. Hsu Director of the Asian American Activities Center, Linda Tran. Linda brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role, as well as an understanding of Stanford. As a result of her appointment, Linda joins the Centers for Equity, Community and Leadership Team!

Linda My Hang Tran (she/her/hers) has a deep connection to Stanford and is excited to return to campus to help shape and lead the vision for the A3C community. Linda brings over 12 years of international and domestic experience leading education, youth and community development, gender equality, and women’s programs with an emphasis on providing services for marginalized populations. In particular, she has championed issues of educational access, equity, and empowerment for young people of color through the lens of leadership development and agency.  

Linda is the daughter of refugee parents from Viet Nam who settled in San Jose, CA. As a first-generation college student, she recognized the need for Stanford to become more inclusive and equitable for all students from marginalized backgrounds. She brought this understanding to her roles as an active leader in both the undergraduate and graduate Asian American communities, Okada resident, student staff member at the A3C, and later as a board member of the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club (SAPAAC). The breadth and depth of these experiences, along with her BA in Asian American Studies ('06) and MA in Sociology ('07), began Linda's journey to becoming a community activist and transformative leader who centers justice, equity, and the needs of our most vulnerable communities.

Linda’s passion and commitment to racial and social justice continued in her work after Stanford in the non-profit and public sector. She later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from San Francisco State University, as well as professional credentials in project management in the humanitarian and international development sectors, and the gender and development field. Most recently, she served as Associate Director of Gender Equality and Girls’ Education at an international NGO, where she provided strategic leadership for a global portfolio of eight program countries across Asia and Africa. Additionally, Linda has worked in various organizations throughout the SF Bay Area to support youth and grassroots community organizing within Asian American communities.

Stanford Historical Society: Okada House & the Asian American Experience (9/8/22)

A number of alumni, including SAPAAC board member Jacob Wang ’72, Gloria Saito ’73, Lee Salisbury ’73 and Edwin Carlos ’20, shared about “Okada House and the Asian American Experience at Stanford” at a September 8 event organized by the Stanford Historical Society. Okada is the Asian American theme dorm at Stanford. 

Watch the recording here